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Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsApr. 5 at 1:19 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 1 at 7:53 p.m.
Thread: Rockford Icehogs next season
I could see Roos head back to Sweden next year. He was fairly good in the 17 games he featured in with Chicago last season, but he's been stuck in RFD and he doesn't really have much of a pathway up to the Hawks at this point. I wouldn't mind bringing him back since I've seen him play his off side alongside the likes of Allan & Phillips and that itself it useful, but he'll probably want a lot more $ to play in the minors.
Scott Powers in one of his recent articles says the Hawks likely won't sign Basse unless some drastic happens.
I think Dominic James heads back to uni since he only played two games this season after a major shoulder injury. Unless Rockford can give him ample ice time in their top 9, I'm fine with him going back to Minnesota for a senior year.
With Marcel Marcel idk if getting reps with Indy next season or just sending back to the Czech Republic would be better for his development. Either way his ceiling is probably a 13F anyways.

But yeah Rockford on paper looks really good, and Anders Sorensen is a solid coach. Now its just improving from being good to being great.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 15 at 1:48 a.m.
Thread: Lineup and decisions
Personally I hope 70% of these guys aren't brought back lol. Tyler Johnson will probably leave. Colin Blackwell's alright but I would much rather see him go either a better FA signing or for Guttman/Slaggert full time. I think I would take Jaycob Megna back as a 7D option if I had to choose between him and Zaitsev, but I'd let all three of Megna/Zaitsev/Tinordi walk for a quality RHD 7D like Chad Ruhwedel that can help Phillips and Kaiser when they're up with the Hawks. Colin Miller or Jalen Chatfield might work too.

Other than the built in chemistry Louis Crevier has with Kaiser, I don't think his ceiling is anything higher than a top pair AHL d man. I would be happy for him to prove me wrong but contrary to all the praise he got I think he was pretty bad in his stint with the Hawks.

I like Entwistle and would be fine with him being back, but he's had a pretty poor year, both in terms of actual ability and luck. He's a replacement level player and 24, I think it's a max one year deal, and a figure close to his $892k QO. Joey Anderson meanwhile has looked really good. He's surpassed Entwistle, R. Johnson, Hardman on the depth chart and he's been better than higher profile pending RFAs like Raddysh & Guttman this year. I'd give him a raise and bring him back on a one year deal.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31 at 10:57 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31 at 10:38 p.m.
Thread: Two big splash
I like Thomas Chabot, great skater, great puck mover, really good offensive d man. At the same time his defensive underlyings have been pretty suspect for the past four or five years. Coupled with his $8 mil AAV contract with four more years, 10 team NTC about to kick in, and the contract being backloaded I don't really see a reason for us to acquire him.

Seth Jones basically does everything he does, while also being overpaid like Chabot. Meanwhile Alex Vlasic has been excellent this season and looks like a good top four d man for years to come which makes trading for Chabot and his $8 mil hit quite redundant.

As for the rest of the proposal, Dominik Kubalík is an empty calorie scorer, Anton Forsberg is a negative asset. Taylor Hall I reckon Chicago would want to keep around, while there's no point in trading away Lukas Reichel. Besides the value in this trade being lopsided in favour of Ottawa, I don't see why Chicago would trade for Chabot.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 6, 2020 at 2:51 a.m.
Thread: Are they messing with us
Shame it looks like they probably won't get a top 8 pick. If I recall correctly, they've got a favourable schedule to finish off the year and if DeBrincat can get that consistent scoring touch back, who knows maybe they get a first round meeting with St. Louis. Or a series vs Lehner and the Knights o_o..

Little things like getting Kubalik on PP1, placing Saad on the PP, moving Strome back to C and finding lines that can work like Kubalik-Toews-Saad / DeBrincat-Dach-Caggiula makes the team so much better. I even saw Lucas Carlsson get power play time which I didn't think Colliton would do. Jules' impact since he returned from his concussion has been huge and I've personally liked Slater Koekkoek despite the poor penalties and a few bad shifts here and there.
Still every time this team shows promise, they come back down to earth. Even in their recent game, a horrible dump in attempt by Boqvist during a line change leads to a goal. Fifty one seconds later, Yamamoto scores in the slot. There are a lot of defensive deficiencies with the d core and chances are guys like Koekkoek, Maatta, Boqvist, Carlsson/Seeler/Gilbert won't fare well in the postseason.

Imo, Chicago could have been a playoff team if they didn't spend the first half of the season trying to figure themselves out. The team has been very inconsistent, Colliton's been disappointing and the injuries exposed their lack of depth this year. Anything can happen in a Hawks-Blues playoff series tbh but picking top 5 and adding a guy like Stutzle or Raymond is tempting. Or even selecting a d man like Jamie Drysdale who has a strong case of being NHL ready in fall could help.